A split chassis is (to quote a certain wood preservative company) "exactly what it says on the tin" - the main frames are held apart by insulating material, and the axles are electrically isolated in the middle, so there are no pickups. The wheels are electrically connected to the half of ...

It sounds like with pick ups on only one side of the loco that the other side has uninsulated drivers, so the whole loco frames are at one rail polarity/voltage. One of the motor brushes will be connected by a wire to the pick ups, and the other motor brush will be connected directly to the motor ca...

Carlo, Just caught up with this, blame it on working nearly two weeks of 12 hour shifts over Christmas and New Year for a major commissioning at work. I think you may be after Phoenix Model Developments http://www.phoenixmodeldevelopments.com/index.html . The 1:24 stuff is at the bottom of the menu.

It looks like that loco could be a bit of an 'ankle biter' with the big end and flywheel so close to the seat -not to mention where it could be flinging oil out of its bearings :shock: Watch out for 'elf and safety - they will make you put guards round everything. As someone who has had a couple of ...

Unfortunately at the moment it is just looking. Modelling (and firing on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways) is out of the window at the moment due to some rather trying personal circumstances Hopefully things should be back to normal, whatever that is, before too much longer.

Code 100 scales out at just about 20 pounds/yard. I have got some Karlgarin code 125 flat bottom which is just about spot on for 30 pound/yard rail. There is a useful table with prototype rail sizes (the bold figures) at: http://o14group.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rail_dimensions.v3.pdf

Working with all that Milligan material must be great. Just be careful that you don't get Lurgi, the only known cure is playing a brass instrument I wonder how much Goon Show material could form the basis of a Gn15 layout?...........

Les (and Bill), Just be careful with the control panels, don't get too carried away as you may end up with one of these: http://my.gn15.info/sjh_edge_hill_panel.jpg Then you need a little bit of wiring and a few relays to control the railway: http://my.gn15.info/sjh_relay_rack_rear.jpg http://my.gn1...

Nearly a year from the last update on the Baldwin marathon, and there has been some progress. The motion has been completed; this took about 12 hours of fiddling and fettling per side. Definitely not a "shake the box" or a beginner's kit. The loco runs very smoothly and the track holding i...

I was at the Statfold Barn open day yesterday and found that Jack was still there. This time it was outside, and some track has been laid so it looks like the loco will eventually be restored to operational condition. Maybe in the next year or so? http://my.gn15.info/sjh_jack_3.jpg http://my.gn15.in...

Franck, There are all sorts of helical gears and all manner of other interesting stuff on the HPC Gears website http://www.hpcgears.com . They have parallel and crossed helical gears. Not exactly cheap though and you will have to make your own gearbox. There's all sorts of bevel gears as well - anyo...

When I was firing the Santa trains on the WHR from Porthmadog to Beddgelert in early December they were sheeted over on a siding behind a shed at the Gelerts Farm site, along with a derelict Hudson Hunslet diesel. I guess that they are pretty much in the condition that they were when they left Llech...

Berger Hall is looking wonderful, but how do you find time for modelling over the Christmas period? I've only just escaped from the kitchen after all that cooking :D - then washing the pans, plates and dishes afterwards :cry: May also need to get my trouser waistband let out after far too many mince...

I got sent a couple of links to footage on Youtube of some Eastern European forestry railways. One is in Ukraine: https://youtu.be/ble-aT4WnJM The other is the more well known Viseu de Sus line in Romania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vJ-ZGWMyes&feature=youtu.be#t=1.084520485 Wonderfully bat...

Here are two steam loco ladies: http://www.fgb-galerie.de/details.php?image_id=8533 Made from whitemetal and readily painted. Bring some weight and humour to your little Gn15 steamers. Don't let those girls anywhere near a steam loco, much less the fireman's side of a double Fairlie. The Earl of Me...

The figure with the umbrella does not seem to be quite so 'pneumatic' as Marshall Jessie, but she will stay warm now the colder weather has arrived :D Trawling around for 1:24 figures has found these http://www.scaleproduction.de/index.php?cat=c12_Figuren-1-24-Figuren-1-24.html . Some are really dod...

might make an interesting little layout, the overhead monorail would be a challenge, but I suppose the idea of a normal track with cars without anyone in them might be an option That will be the Post Office railway then, see http://www.mailrail.co.uk DC traction and third rail pick up - giant Hornb...

Health and Safety in action 1930's style! :shock: Who needs handrails - if you fell off the stack it was your fault for not being careful. Thank goodness we have (hopefully) eliminated those sorts of attitudes from the workplace now. I guess that the stairs are just normal length sleepers cantilever...